Here’s every iPhone and iPad that supports Apple Intelligence

Apple’s WWDC 2024 keynote was 1 of nan biggest ones that nan institution had made successful years. During this keynote, nan institution showed america what we’d beryllium getting successful iOS 18, which includes immoderate large user-requested features for illustration much home surface customization, RCS messaging support, and more. But that’s not each — this is nan first iOS that brings AI into nan iPhone pinch Apple Intelligence.

Apple Intelligence, arsenic Apple calls it, is simply a powerful suite of AI devices that will thief make your life moreover easier. From caller penning devices and summarization features to image procreation and nan expertise to create unsocial emojis, Apple Intelligence decidedly looks impressive.

But will your existent iPhone beryllium capable to tally Apple Intelligence now that it has launched successful nan iOS 18.1 update? Unfortunately, it mightiness not.

iPhones that will get Apple Intelligence

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Only nan iPhone 16 procreation and nan iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max tin support Apple Intelligence. As of this writing, this is nan afloat database of supported iPhones:

• iPhone 16
• iPhone 16 Plus
• iPhone 16 Pro
• iPhone 16 Pro Max
• iPhone 15 Pro
• iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Unfortunately, past gen’s iPhone 15 aliases iPhone 15 Plus won’t beryllium capable to tally Apple Intelligence. You request astatine slightest 1 of nan iPhone 15 Pro models aliases newer successful bid to usage Apple Intelligence.

iPhones that will not get Apple Intelligence

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Naturally, that intends location are a lot of iPhones that won’t beryllium getting Apple Intelligence. The beneath database includes each of nan phones getting nan iOS 18 update this fall, but that will not get nan caller Apple Intelligence features:

• iPhone 15 Plus
• iPhone 15
• iPhone 14 Pro Max
• iPhone 14 Pro
• iPhone 14 Plus
• iPhone 14
• iPhone 13 Pro Max
• iPhone 13 Pro
• iPhone 13
• iPhone 13 mini
• iPhone 12 Pro Max
• iPhone 12 Pro
• iPhone 12
• iPhone 12 mini
• iPhone 11 Pro Max
• iPhone 11 Pro
• iPhone 11
• iPhone XS Max
• iPhone XS
• iPhone XR
• iPhone SE (2022)
• iPhone SE (2020)

Even though each of these iPhones will beryllium capable to tally iOS 18, only nan iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max will get Apple Intelligence. So, if you are utilizing an older iPhone, aliases moreover nan guidelines exemplary iPhone 15, you’re going to beryllium retired of luck.

Even without Apple Intelligence, iOS 18 still has plentifulness of cool caller features that older iPhones tin enjoy. Some of these features see more location surface customization options, a revamped Control Center, nan expertise to switch retired fastener surface controls, a wholly caller Photos app, new matter effects successful iMessage, RCS support, and overmuch more.

Why won’t my iPhone get nan caller AI features?

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Apple hasn’t explicitly said why older iPhone models won’t beryllium getting Apple Intelligence. However, we tin make immoderate knowledgeable guesses based connected what we do cognize already astir AI successful general.

AI systems for illustration Apple Intelligence request a batch of processing powerfulness to run. On nan iPhone’s side, this intends it needs nan latest chips and capable RAM to process each of those tasks since galore of them hap locally on-device.

The iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus usage nan A18 chip, and nan iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max usage nan A18 Pro. The A18 and A17 Pro person nan aforesaid number of cores, and nan A18 Pro upgrades its GPU pinch an further core. So it makes consciousness that nan iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, which usage nan A17, are nan only iPhones from nan past procreation pinch capable processing powerfulness to grip Apple Intelligence. It’s apt because of nan A18 Pro, A18, and A17 Pro chips wrong and nan 8GB RAM that these newer models have.

Older iPhones, for illustration nan iPhone 14 Pro Max and moreover nan guidelines exemplary iPhone 15, only person 6GB RAM. So moreover though erstwhile models person nan 16-core Neural Engine pinch nan A16 Bionic and earlier, Apple Intelligence still needs that other processing powerfulness from chips for illustration nan A17 Pro and 8GB RAM to run.

iPads that will get Apple Intelligence

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Apple Intelligence is besides disposable connected nan iPad, but only if you person an iPad pinch an M1 spot aliases later, aliases nan A17 Pro. Here’s nan afloat database of compatible iPad models:

• M1 iPad Air (2022)
• M2 iPad Air (2024)
• M1 iPad Pro (2021)
• M2 iPad Pro (2022)
• M4 iPad Pro (2024)
• iPad mini (A17 Pro, 2024)

iPads that will not get Apple Intelligence

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Since nan requirements for an iPad to tally Apple Intelligence see an M-series spot aliases nan A17 Pro successful nan newest iPad mini, that fundamentally rules retired nan guidelines exemplary iPad, arsenic good arsenic immoderate non-M bid iPads. Basically, immoderate iPad without those chips whitethorn get iPadOS 18, but won’t beryllium capable to tally Apple Intelligence. Here’s a afloat list:

• iPad (2022, 10th gen and earlier)
• 12.9-inch iPad Pro (Gen 1–4)
• 11-inch iPad Pro (Gen 1 and 2)
• iPad Air (Gen 4 and earlier)
• iPad mini (Gen 6 and earlier)

A batch of nan iPad models that tin get iPadOS 18 won’t beryllium capable to tally Apple Intelligence. Why? Because it’s each astir nan processors, conscionable for illustration pinch nan iPhones. With nan M1 and later chips, they person a 16-core Neural Engine that tin tally AI tasks, since they tin do 11 trillion operations a second.

And moreover though nan 10th-gen iPad has a nan A14 Bionic pinch 16-core Neural Engine, nan A14 Bionic only has a 6-core CPU (two powerfulness and 4 ratio cores) and a 4-core GPU. Basically, it lacks nan powerfulness needed for nan AI models, unfortunately.